Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appeared to stiffen his resolve on Saturday not to sign a security pact with Washington, saying the United States should leave Afghanistan unless it could restart peace talks with the Taliban.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign a security deal with the US, the White House said, and Washington may have to resort to the "zero option" of withdrawing all American troops from the strife-torn country next

President Hamid Karzai held talks with Qatari leaders on Sunday, official media reported, on a visit the Kabul government has said would seek to explore the possibility of talks with Taliban insurgents on ending Afghanistan'

US Secretary of State John Kerry paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday for talks with President Hamid Karzai, a US official said.
Kerry and Karzai will discuss a host of issues including Afghan reconciliation, the tra

The United States is in contact with the Taliban about a possible settlement to the near decade-long war in Afghanistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday, the first official confirmation of US involvement in negotiations.
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Nato agreed on Saturday to hand control of security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 and said the Nato-led force could halt combat operations by the same date if security conditions were good enough.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday his office receives cash in bags from Iran, but said it is a transparent form of aid that helps cover expenses at the presidential palace and that the United States makes similar payments. &n

Election officials pored over votes from Afghanistan's parliamentary poll on Sunday, but sifting through fraud complaints and waiting for results from the remotest areas will delay even preliminary results for weeks.
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